Boiler



J. KOUREK.

BOILER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE]. I921.

1 ,404,033, Patented Jan. 17, 1922,

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' BOILER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1921.

1,404,033, Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

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JOE KOUREK; OF WARD, SOUTH DAKOTA.

BOILER.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that 1, Jor. KoUnnK, a citizen of Czecho-Slovakia, residingat \Vard, in the county of Moody and State of. South Dakota, have:invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boilers, of whichthefollowing is a specification,

This invention relates to-certain new and useful improvements in boilersand particularly to the type adapted for the washing of clothes and thelike. 7

The primary object of the invention resides in the provision of a boilerwherein a reticulated receptacle or wire cage is supported within theboiler and spaced from the walls thereof with hook devices associatedwith the wire receptacle for holding the same in an elevated-positionwith respect to the boiler with the wire receptacle overlying theboiler.

A further object of the invention has particular reference to a clotheswashing boiler wherein a .wire receptacle has a perforated platepositioned in the bottom thereof with reinforcing ribs carried by thewire receptacle to strengthen the same and to space the wire receptaclefrom the walls of the boiler.

With the above general objects in view and others that will appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter morefully described shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters indicate correspondingparts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a clothes washing boiler constructed inaccordance with the present invention, the perforated bottom plate ofthe wire receptacle being removed,

Figure 2 is a vertical lon itudinal sectional View taken on line II-- Iof Figure 1 showing the wire receptacle within the boiler with thereinforcing ribs spacing the wire receptacle from the walls of theboiler,

Figure 3 is a vertical cross sectional view taken on line III-III ofFigure 1 showing the handle hooks carried by the wire receptacle, I

Figure 4 is a longitudinal fragmentary sectional view similar to Figure2 showing the wire receptacle elevated within the boiler I Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

, Application filed June 7, 1921. Serial No. 475,669.

and supported invsuch position by the handle hooks, and

Figure 5 is a detailsectional view taken on line VV of Figure 1 showingthe perforated plate in the bottom of the wire receptacle and the handlehooks carried by the wire receptacle.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawings, there isillustrated a boiler of the usual design embodying a bottom wall 1perpendicular walls 2 and lifting handles 3, the boiler being open atits upper end.

A wire clothes containing receptacle is positioned within the boiler andincludes side walls 4 of relatively fine mesh and a relatively coarsemesh bottom wall 5 of the same configuration as the boiler but of lessdimensions to provide for the reception in the boiler with a spacebetween the side walls 2 of the boiler and the side walls 4 of the wirereceptacle. Upper and lower strengthening bands 6 and 7 are carried bythe wire receptacle while vertical reinforcing strips 8 are secured tothe outer walls of the receptacle 4 to reinforce the same and to spacethe wire receptacle from the walls 2 of the boiler. The bottom 7 of thereceptacle 4 is spaced from the bottom 1 of the boiler by the feetextensions 8 of the strips 8.

As shown in Figure 5, a plate 9 provided with perforations 10 issupported on the bottom mesh 5 of the inner receptacle so that theclothes or articles within the inner receptacle are spaced from thewalls of the boiler.

Handle hooks are associated with the wire receptacle and embody anarcuate rod 11 having the ends thereof journaled in adjacent strips 8 asclearly illustrated, the handle hook embodying a rod 12 secured at itslower end to the arcuate rod 11 and provided adjacent the lower end withan outwardly directed book 13, the upper end of the rod 12 beingprovided with a hand hook 14.

When the wire receptacle is in the position shown in Figures 1 to 3, thesame is spaced from the walls of the boiler by the feet 8' of the strips8 and the vertical edges of the strips as shown in Figures 1 and 3 withthe handle hooks 12 entirely received within the boiler to permit acover of any preferred design bein mounted upon the boiler. When it isesired to drain the clothes within the boiler, preparatory to removingthe same, the handle hooks 12 are gripped by the handle portions lt toelevate the same to the position shown in Figure 4 to position theoutwardly directed hooks 13 What is claimed as new is:

A boiler of the type described comprising in combination witha boilercasing, a wire receptacle, reinforcing perpendicular strips secured tothe outer walls of the Wire receptacle, supporting feet carried by thelower ends of said strips, arcuate rods journaled at their ends inadjacent strips and handle hooks carried by said arcuate rods adaptedfor engagement with the walls of the boiler casing to hold the wirereceptacle in an elevated position. I j

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.v I

' JOE'KOUREK. Witnesses:

A. S. RIDER,

W. EJWATTERS.

